Monday, May 5, 2014

KANSAS CITY, KAN. ---- The following lane/ramp closures are scheduled for demolition work on the Gibbs Road Bridge over I-635 beginning on Monday, May 5.

All northbound and southbound I-635 lane closures will take place between Speaker Road (on the north end) to Merriam Lane (on the south end) in Kansas City, KS (Wyandotte County).

Bridge demolition will be handled through a series of steps. First crews will use a piece of equipment called a breaker to literally break up the sections of the bridge deck that are not over the actual traffic lanes during daytime hours this week.

Next, they will saw and then remove pieces of the bridge (via a backhoe and dump truck operation) that would normally be over traffic during the overnight hours this week.

Then early next week, crews will remove the bridge girders via a crane operation during the overnight hours with short-rolling roadblocks for I-635 traffic.Monday, May 5, 2014:

8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.Southbound I-635 will be reduced to TWO OPEN lanes

9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Northbound I-635 will be reduced to TWO OPEN lanes

7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. Northbound I-635 will be reduced to TWO OPEN lanes

9:00 p.m.-5:00 a.m. (Tues., May 6) Northbound I-635 will be reduced to ONE OPEN lane

Tuesday, May 6, 2014:

8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Southbound I-635 will be reduced to TWO OPEN lanes

9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Northbound I-635 will be reduced to TWO OPEN lanes

7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. Northbound and southbound I-635 will be reduced to TWO OPEN lanes

9:00 p.m.-5:00 a.m. (Wed., May 7) Northbound and southbound I-635 will be reduced to ONE OPEN lane

Wednesday, May 7, 2014:

7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. Northbound and southbound I-635 will be reduced to TWO OPEN lanes

9:00 p.m.-5:00 a.m. (Thurs., May 8) Northbound and southbound I-635 will be reduced to ONE OPEN lane

Thursday, May 8, 2014:

7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. Northbound and southbound I-635 will be reduced to TWO OPEN lanes

9:00 p.m.-5:00 a.m. (Friday, May 9) Northbound and southbound I-635 will be reduced to ONE OPEN lane

Friday, May 9, 2014:

9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Northbound I-635 will be reduced to TWO OPEN lanes

Monday, May 12, 2014:

7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. Northbound and southbound I-635 will be reduced to TWO OPEN lanes

9:00 p.m.-5:00 a.m. (Tues., May 13) Northbound and southbound I-635 will be reduced to ONE OPEN lane

Ramps from eastbound and westbound I-70 to I-635 and from K-32 to southbound I-635 will be closed. Traffic will follow a marked detour via to 18th Street Expressway.

There will be rolling roadblocks for southbound I-635 traffic throughout the overnight hours to allow for the removal of bridge girders.

Tuesday, May 13, 2014:

7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. Northbound and southbound I-635 will be reduced to TWO OPEN lanes

9:00 p.m.-5:00 a.m. (Wed., May 14) Northbound and southbound I-635 will be reduced to ONE OPEN lane

Ramps from northbound and southbound I-35 to I-635 will be closed. Traffic will detour via I-35 to 18th Street Expressway to I-70.

There will be rolling roadblocks for northbound I-635 traffic throughout the overnight hours to allow for the removal of bridge girders.